Meaning of knock-up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A short practice session before a tennis match.
2. Something constructed shoddily or hastily.
3. A pregnancy.
   slang

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Examples

“In the way of friendly knockups I played at times with both the Renshaws and Lawford, but at that time there is no doubt that they were better than I was.”

“One of those unadorned late-fifties hillside knockups posing as intentionally contemporary but really the product of a tight construction budget.”

“When will we wake up? I see young girls pregnant and young boys adding up their “knock-ups” like a scorecard at a mob gambling venue.”

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